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Appaloosa horse on Horse Master with Julie Goodnight

Hi there,

I wanted to let you know that on October 14, our show about BJ Winship and her Appaloosa horse will air on Julie Goodnight’s Horse Master RFD-TV show. BJ was a delight to have on the show. Her father raised Appaloosas for years and offered that BJ could select the horse she wanted from his herd. BJ chose Candy who was part of the brood mare herd.

BJ’s dad passed away just recently and BJ is dedicated to helping Candy be the best horse she can be in order to celebrate her dad’s legacy. Since Candy hadn’t been started under saddle until late, she didn’t have a good stop cue. The episode with Julie starts with BJ telling her about her dad’s history with horses, then her plan to make BJ a great horse—if she can learn to stop! In the next two days, Julie taught BJ how to cue her horse with her seat first—teaching a sequence of cues that will help the horse have a relaxed stop once training progresses.

I’m attaching a quote from Julie about working with BJ and some still photos from the show.

“Working with BJ and her lovely Appy mare, Candy, took me back to my childhood and the first time I ever saw an Appaloosa. It was a stunning leopard stallion and he and his master were something to behold. Candy is a lovely mare with a good mind, strong build and that priceless willingness that is true to the breed. It was fun to think about BJ getting to choose a mare from her father’s herd and it was clearly fulfilling to BJ.” –Julie Goodnight

Julie’s Blog about the Horse Master shoot in Oregon, where BJ was one of 6 shows: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/2009/07/long-road-home.html

Thank you!

Heidi Nyland
Horse Master Producer/ Marketing Director
heidi@juliegoodnight.com

Dandy image

We receive this photo from Patty Baker, ApHC member and trainer from Lacey, Washington. She says: Cool picture of Kara Whitsell and DZS MAC DANDY (barn name, Toby) at the Tall Timber Opener Show in Spanaway, Washington, in June. I like the white leather jacket that matches the horse. Toby is owned by Donna French of North Carolina.

Skip of Stars

A note from Mildred Truelove:

In response to the Appaloosa Journal’s request for owners of Sheldak bred horses I would like to tell about the time we bought Skip Of Stars from Dave and Kim Utke.

In 2000 I bought Star Status a 1990 model halter bred stallion that was standing by St. Louis in Illinois from the Youngs. We had only 2 short years with this beautiful stallion before he suffered a broken leg and had to be put down. It was a very traumatic experience for us and we cried many tears for this loss.

I began making several calls all over the country trying to locate a horse as nice as the one we had lost. The breeding season would soon be upon us. In the mean time a friend Karen Youmans who was frequently on the internet looking said you have to see this stallion Skip Of Stars so she took me to the library to see a picture on Sheldak’s web site. I had already talked to Kim about whether or not they had anything available in a earlier phone call and Kim said possibly they might sell Skip because the maiden mares they would be breeding that Spring would all be half sisters. Well after seeing his picture at the library I made another phone call and began earnestly trying to convince Kim that I needed to have him. And I promised to love him forever.

So since Jan. of 2003 Skip Of Stars has been producing colts and fillies for us here in Illinois. And he’s still passing on the same beautiful heads and outstanding conformation that he did in North Dakota. They are still athletic and enjoy the same qualities that Skip produced from Sheldak mares. He is a kind horse, never causes any problems just hangs out and does his job when needed. And I will still love him forever just as I promised.

Mildred Truelove
Rock n’ T Appaloosas
Casey, Illinois